Restaurant Nicholas
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Restaurant Nicholas
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A review of this Middletown, New Jersey restaurant serving up New American fare.This is a destination restaurant that offers a very high level of culinary creativity and fine dining.
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Although other New Jersey restaurants serve food that compares in quality with Restaurant Nicholas, very few have comparable service. This is due in part to the constant presence of Nicholas and his wife, Melissa, onetime sommelier at Tabla in New York. Their charm and enthusiasm turn a meal that in other hands could be stiff and formal into a casually elegant and satisfying experience. With the restaurant run by two former sommeliers, the wine list is a good match for the food: extensive, well priced, and with several unusual and hard-to-find options. Prix-fixe menus for two, three, or six courses are offered, along with complimentary extras, like demitasse cups filled with lobster-and-celery-root soup, an intense chestnut soup with herbs, or a creamy parsnip soup with a hint of white-truffle oil, brought before the meal begins. Later, diners enjoy a sweet surprise between the main course and dessert in the form of a small Japanese-style saucer containing sago-and-coconut cream with passion fruit syrup or a martini glass filled with strawberry water, fresh berries, and a square of coconut-milk gelatin. |
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